The Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 marked the explosive start of the American Civil War. Confederate forces fired over 4,000 shells at the Union garrison in Charleston Harbor, forcing a ...

Immediately upon the flag being struck at Fort Sumter, I proceeded to that fortress to tender my assistance and Hospital at Mount Pleasant, to Major ANDERSON, and was gratified to learn ...

P.G.T. Beauregard's artillery fired on the Union occupied Fort Sumter. Union Major Robert Anderson ... the fort to the Confederates. This battle caused both North and South to rally for more ...

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina ... 1865 — was the Battle of Fort Myers. Cathy Chestnut wrote about that battle in the Feb ...

Learn about the mysterious ghostly “faces” seen on two of Fort Sumter’s Civil War battle flags! According to legend, faces can be seen imprinted on two of Fort Sumter’s authentic battle ...

GREENVILLE — Well, it’s not much to look at. But this small square of tattered, tawny fabric is believed to be a piece of the flag Union troops hoisted above Fort Sumter to announce their ...

"They were drastically outmanned and outgunned; of that battle, the firing off on US flag really started the Civil War," saidGary Alexander, a Park Ranger at Fort Sumter/Moultrie National Historic ...